Lauraingalls BSN, RN

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  1. Well 10 days to Nclex. I got a job offer for an L and D position that I wasn't expecting but am so happy to have. My husband also got a job offer after being laid off for 3 months but in Dallas. (I...
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    July Nclex takers

    I think it is a great resource. This and Uworld are amazing. Klimek has increased my Uworld percentages to the high 60s low
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    July Nclex takers

    I don't have his books. Just the
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    July Nclex takers

    I am July 6th. I am doing Uworld and listening to Mark Klimek. I am throwing Kaplan in there too since I was forced to pay for it with
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    6/11 WILTW Unsupervised Chalk Use

    Ixchel, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. This week I learned that when you have hyper or hypo kalemia... Your symptoms go the way of the prefix except for the heart urine output....
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    6/11 WILTW Unsupervised Chalk Use

    Congrats!
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    Count Down To NCLEX

    Oh and good
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    Count Down To NCLEX

    I would scroll through past threads about Nclex. I am doing what you are doing except my school did Kaplan instead of
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    6/4 WILTW: Oui jete' du Nursing???

    I learned this week that I love the lecture audio from Mark Klimek. His content and tips for the Nclex are amazing! Here is what I learned In congenital heart deformities, if it begins with a T like...
  11. Fingers are crossed for you! My degree finally posted so hopefully I will get my ATT very soon. I am staying at my inlaws cabin in colorado for the next month and studying. I brought the dogs and...
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    Things You'd Like to Say to Fellow Students...

    It's not always about you. Do your part of the project so I don't have to! Yes I have 15 years on you and those life lessons I have learned in those 15 years will help me as a nurse. So please stop...
  13. I learned this week that kids are dang resilient and amazing, I wish I could go on a tour and talk to parents with toddlers with developmental delays of various sorts and instill hope. All 3 of my...
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    Second Career Nurse Roll Call

    I was a landscape architect for 6 years and then a stay at home mom for 13 years. Now beginning July 18th, I will be a new grad
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    5/14 WILTW: Healthcare Gymnastics and Revolving Doors

    Ixchel, my husband has his L5 and S1 fused. The pain never left but a pain pump has really helped tremendously. He just had his third one put in. They last about 5 years. I don't think we would still...
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    5/14 WILTW: Healthcare Gymnastics and Revolving Doors

    I learned this week why nurses get pinned. I never knew! Florence Nightingale was given a pin by Queen Victoria and then Florence went and made pins for those nurses working for her and the tradition...
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    5/7 (on 5/9) WILTW: ixchel is a cornflake girl

    Lol, I was pissed about that tube feed question at the Kaplan thing. Good luck! I begin the reccommended 30 hours of studying next
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    5/7 (on 5/9) WILTW: ixchel is a cornflake girl

    I got nothing this week. I am done with classes and am focusing on pinning and graduation this week! I will begin studying for my nclex next Monday. This not so young lady is finally going to be a...
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    I GRADUATED!

    Congrats!
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    6 plus hours of questions for 3 days is not that helpful but what the instructor says in passing.. The little tidbits of info and learning Kaplan Decision tree is helpful. I write down her tips to...
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    RN School is Awful

    My school is also a 5 semester school. Sorry you have had a bad experience. I loved my professors for the most
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    I learned today that when you put two different groups of college grads together for a Kaplan Nclex session, things get catty and mean girlish in a heartbeat. Apparently the mean girls didn't like my...
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    Sorry. It's hard when people even minors make bad decisions. I agree it is
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    5/01 WILTW: Margaritas and Oral Thrush

    Congrats Krackling!! I am also in my final week of nursing school. I am spending this week doing a Kaplan NCLEX review. So I am learning lots! Herbal medications that begin with a G like garlic, ginko...
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    Meaning of your username?

    It was Pa's nickname for